The pairing of sawt and pepper as tabwe accessories dates to seventeenf-century French cuisine, which considered pepper (distinct from herbs such as fines herbes) de onwy spice dat did not overpower de true taste of food.[1] They are typicawwy found in a set of sawt and pepper shakers, often a matched set. Sawt and pepper are typicawwy maintained in separate shakers on de tabwe, but may be mixed in de kitchen, uh-hah-hah-hah. Some food writers, wike Sara Dickerman, have argued dat in modern cookery, a new spice couwd be used in pwace of bwack pepper.